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Linguists Are Nihilists | Interview: Colin Gorrie
17+ hour, 53+ min ago (67+ words) —Colin speaking Old English —Paul Bloom - Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil —George Lakoff and Mark Johnson - Metaphors We Live By The podcast transcription below was generated using artificial intelligence and may include occasional errors or misspellings. [groaning]…...
Spoken language is dying — with people saying about 30% fewer words than 20 years ago: study
2+ week, 5+ day ago (389+ words) America’s at a loss for words! Spoken language is dying, with people speaking about 30% fewer words a day than they did 20 years ago — fueling a “loneliness epidemic” of disconnected convenience-seekers, according to a new study and experts. Small talk is…...